CVE-2008-6741 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2008-6741

SQL injection vulnerability in Load.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF)...

Vulnerability Description

SQL injection vulnerability in Load.php in Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by setting the db_character_set parameter to a multibyte character set such as big5, which causes the addslashes PHP function to produce a "\" (backslash) sequence that does not quote the "'" (single quote) character, as demonstrated via a manlabels action to index.php.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

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Affected Vendor

simple machines

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Affected Software

simple machines forum
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.0.7, 1.0.11, 1.0.12, 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.1.3

Timeline

Official Publish: April 21st, 2009
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.